How to Combine Scale and Follow Me in Google SketchUp 8

One way to create organic forms in Google SketchUp is to use Follow Me. This technique is ideally suited to making long, curvy, tapered things like tentacles and antlers; it’s a little time-consuming but works like a charm.

Modeling a simplified bull’s horn is a good, straightforward illustration of how the Follow Me variation of this method works.

Draw a circle.

This is the extrusion profile for Follow Me. Strongly consider reducing the number of sides in your circle from the standard 24 to something more like 10 or 12.

Draw a 10-sided arc that starts perpendicular to the center of the circle you drew in Step 1.

Type 10s and press Enter right after you click to finish drawing your arc.

This tells SketchUp to make sure your arc has 10 sides (instead of the default 12). Why 10 sides? It makes the math easier a few steps from now.

The easiest way to create a halfway-accurate arc in 3D space is to start by drawing a rectangle. When you’re sure this rectangle is properly situated, use the Arc tool to draw on top of it and then delete everything but the arc.